docs: def serialize(cls, obj, buf, lineLength, validate=True):
          """
          Set implicit parameters, do encoding, return unicode string.
  
          If validate is True, raise VObjectError if the line doesn't validate
          after implicit parameters are generated.
  
          Default is to call base.defaultSerialize.
  
          """
  
          cls.generateImplicitParameters(obj)
          if validate:
              cls.validate(obj, raiseException=True)
  
          if obj.isNative:
              transformed = obj.transformFromNative()
              undoTransform = True
          else:
              transformed = obj
              undoTransform = False
  
          out = base.defaultSerialize(transformed, buf, lineLength)
          if undoTransform:
              obj.transformToNative()
          return out